that was 4-3-3 that drops to 4-5-1, if you can't read the pitch, don't talk tactics.
PS: 5-3-2-1 is 12 players, 4-3-2-1 is the Christmas tree formation, and it's a modern modification of the 4-3-3.
PPS: the 5-4-1 was never played.
PPPS: pepe was playing in midfield and was going far into the Barcelona half.

Forget about the tactics , are you even saying that Real didnt play defensive? cz that would be a disaster , it was very obvious how defensive their style of play was , if you ddnt see 5 defensive players and 3 infront of em for support then you ddnt watch the game , if you ddnt see how closed their style of play was then you ddnt watch the game .
they really sucked.

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I don't understand why people criticize teams for being defensive, playing attacking football is not always good and doesn't describe the word football and defensive play can't be a suck-o-meter. It's called tactics, it's the ability of the coach to move his players to cover certain weakness in the opponent team or to hold them back. Just like a game of chess where you have to move your players to outsmart your opponent. I know it kills the game when you opponent is all defensive, After all, the aim of the game is to get the maximum points possible.